Chris, If I understand the app that you are describing, an API-like approach would be overkill. All you want to end up with is an SVG file that is passed to a renderer. Generating the SVG from some data source is the kind of thing SVG does without breaking a sweat. A simple architecture would be to get the data from the database into XML, and then run XSLT on it to get an SVG document.
You could control that process with C++ of course -- or even better just stick it on a server and use Apache and Batik, or a similar combination (which will also make the PDF generation easier, too). But using C++ to step through a database and generate API calls is a lot more work (by an order of magnitude) than is needed here. Regards, Mark Mark Birbeck CEO x-port.net Ltd. e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 w: http://www.formsPlayer.com/ b: http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/ Download our XForms processor from http://www.formsPlayer.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Serio > Sent: 02 August 2005 17:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [svg-developers] Re: Newbie SVG Developer > > Thanks for the info. I was hoping to find a high level API > with basic functions built into it like "DrawColoredRectangle > (x,y,len,width,color)" > > There's a very near deadline on this project so i'm trying to > get a library with the most comprehensive API i can. > > Chris > > > --- In [email protected], Holger Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Chris Serio schrieb: > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I'm new to SVG. I've never used it before but i want to use it to > > > generate images that can be used in Visio (which can open SVG), > > > possibly convert to PDF and also view on the web. The images will > be > > > generated by a program i want to write which will interpret some > data > > > in a database. > > > > > > Basically i'm making schematics for a wiring diagram and i will > have > > > connector types saved in a database as well as to/from pin > routings. > > > >From this data i want to generate the schematic using SVG. > > > > > > I'm proficient in C/C++ but i'm not sure where to begin. Is there > an > > > SVG SDK for C/C++ out there somewhere? > > > > > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > > Chris > > > > Hi Chris > > > > i dont know any c/c++ , but as svg is just plain simple xml, you > should > > be able to build your svgs with any xml lib. > > for more advanced features including rendering, and rendering to > pdf see: > > http://cairographics.org/introduction > > and > > http://cairographics.org/libsvg > > > > or if you could use Java, there is the Apache Batik project, which > is > > the most complete open source SVG implementation. > > http://xml.apache.org/batik/ > > > > and if you are on Linux have a look at > http://librsvg.sourceforge.net/ > > > > or if you plan to have a GUI , and want that to be portable, you > migth > > as well think of building a XUL app, using mozilla svg. > > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/ > > http://www.xulplanet.com/ > > > > as i said i dont know c/c++ , > > hope it helps anyways > > Holger > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a > href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h4339tc/M=362329.6886308.7 > 839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1706030389:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123008432 > /A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?p > age_id=1992 > ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk > back!</a>.</font> > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------~-> > > ----- > To unsubscribe send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -or- > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click > "edit my membership" > ---- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h6sb1c4/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1706030389:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123011205/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
